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Description: | A complete cast lead shield-shaped trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date. The weight is decorated on one side with a large crude fleur-de-lis design in relief though much of the image has been worn away.The reverse is flat and undecorated.The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is slightly worn. The weight is 36.1mm long, 29.9mm wide, 7.7mm thick and weighs 53g.Lead shield-shaped weights of various qualities of workmanship and numerous designs have been in use over a long period of time. Examples of weights with stamped official marks from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries have been recorded. Although this weight may be earlier than this, there is no firm evidence as to when these weights with fleur-de-lis were in use. Large numbers of weights with the fleur-de-lis are found in the York area, many of them in good condition with no signs of wear. They may represent disposal along with other household rubbish when the lead weights became illegal in 1826. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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